Russian trade in goods with Sudan in Q3 2019
based on data from the Federal Customs Service of Russia
Russia’s Trade with Sudan
In the 3rd quarter of 2019, Russia’s trade with Sudan was $99,450,953, down 10.66% ($11,866,165) from the 3rd quarter of 2018.
Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2019 were $98,968,846, down 11.03% ($12,270,821) from the 3rd quarter of 2018.
Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2019 totaled $482,107, up 522.47% ($404,656) from the 3rd quarter of 2018.
Russia’s trade surplus with Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2019 was $98,486,739, a 11.40% decrease ($12,675,477) over the 3rd quarter of 2018.
Sudan was Russia’s 83rd largest trading partner in the 3rd quarter of 2019 (just as in the 3rd quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0600% of Russia’s total trade (down from 0.0647% in the 3rd quarter of 2018).
Sudan was Russia’s 76th largest export market in the 3rd quarter of 2019 (down from 75th in the 3rd quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0958% of Russia’s total exports (down from 0.0991% in the 3rd quarter of 2018).
Sudan was Russia’s 140th largest supplier in the 3rd quarter of 2019 (up from 149th in the 3rd quarter of 2018), accounting for 0.0008% of Russia’s total imports (up from 0.0001% in the 3rd quarter of 2018).
Russia’s Exports to Sudan
The major share of Russian exports to Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2019 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 96.93% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (94.49% in the 3rd quarter of 2018);
- Mineral products (HS codes 25-27) - 0.94% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (1.09% in the 3rd quarter of 2018);
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 0.67% of Russia’s total exports to Sudan (3.13% in the 3rd quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2019 over the 3rd quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard (HS code 48) - an increase of $457,431.
The largest declines in Russia’s exports to Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2019 over the 3rd quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes (HS code 15) - a decrease of $8,846,069;
- Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof (HS code 87) - a decrease of $2,188,986;
- Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof (HS code 90) - a decrease of $717,427;
- Cereals (HS code 10) - a decrease of $327,706.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of exports in Q3 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total export | Value of exports in Q3 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2019 over Q3 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Cereals | 89,292,380 | 90.22 | 89,620,086 | -0.37 |
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 940 | 0.00 | 94 | 900.00 |
| 15 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | 6,640,000 | 6.71 | 15,486,069 | -57.12 |
| 27 | Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes | 934,261 | 0.94 | 1,217,891 | -23.29 |
| 28 | Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals,of radioactive elements or of isotopes | 67,716 | 0.07 | 183,465 | -63.09 |
| 29 | Organic chemicals | 0 | 0.00 | 93 | -100.00 |
| 30 | Pharmaceutical products | 16,077 | 0.02 | 48,500 | -66.85 |
| 31 | Fertilizers | 0 | 0.00 | 5,613 | -100.00 |
| 32 | Tanning or dyeing extracts; dyes, pigments, paints, varnishes, putty and mastics | 0 | 0.00 | 55,349 | -100.00 |
| 34 | Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modeling pastes, "dental waxes" and dental preparations with a basis of plaster | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | -100.00 |
| 35 | Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes | 0 | 0.00 | 1,012 | -100.00 |
| 38 | Miscellaneous chemical products | 7,226 | 0.01 | 10,127 | -28.65 |
| 39 | Plastics and articles thereof | 29,184 | 0.03 | 21,251 | 37.33 |
| 40 | Rubber and articles thereof | 90,537 | 0.09 | 12,867 | 603.64 |
| 44 | Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal | 0 | 0.00 | 47,316 | -100.00 |
| 48 | Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard | 457,566 | 0.46 | 135 | 338,837.78 |
| 54 | Man-made filaments | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | -100.00 |
| 59 | Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use | 3,292 | 0.00 | 843 | 290.51 |
| 63 | Other made up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags | 3,490 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 68 | Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | -100.00 |
| 69 | Ceramic products | 0 | 0.00 | 121 | -100.00 |
| 70 | Glass and glassware | 77,582 | 0.08 | 35,674 | 117.47 |
| 72 | Iron and steel | 0 | 0.00 | 57 | -100.00 |
| 73 | Articles of iron or steel | 32,182 | 0.03 | 62,076 | -48.16 |
| 74 | Copper and articles thereof | 8 | 0.00 | 183 | -95.63 |
| 76 | Aluminum and articles thereof | 20,176 | 0.02 | 1,563 | 1,190.85 |
| 82 | Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal | 0 | 0.00 | 325 | -100.00 |
| 83 | Miscellaneous articles of base metal | 4,399 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 303,369 | 0.31 | 409,981 | -26.00 |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 295,955 | 0.30 | 106,560 | 177.74 |
| 87 | Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof | 0 | 0.00 | 2,188,986 | -100.00 |
| 90 | Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof | 63,748 | 0.06 | 781,175 | -91.84 |
| 94 | Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated sign illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings | 2,787 | 0.00 | 3,027 | -7.93 |
| 96 | Miscellaneous manufactured articles | 1,932 | 0.00 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 624,039 | 0.63 | 939 213 | -33.56 |
Russia’s Imports from Sudan
The major share of Russian imports from Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2019 (and in the 3rd quarter of 2018) was accounted for the following product types:
- Machinery, equipment and vehicles (HS codes 84-90) - 86.75% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (0.00% in the 3rd quarter of 2018);
- Food products and agricultural raw materials (HS codes 01-24) - 12.82% of Russia’s total imports from Sudan (66.79% in the 3rd quarter of 2018).
The largest gains in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2019 over the 3rd quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof (HS code 84) - an increase of $415,941;
- Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts (HS code 13) - an increase of $16,977;
- Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles (HS code 85) - an increase of $2,295.
The largest declines in Russia’s imports from Sudan in the 3rd quarter of 2019 over the 3rd quarter of 2018 were recorded for the following product groups:
- Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder (HS code 12) - a decrease of $6,876.
| HS code |
Name of product group | Value of imports in Q3 2019, US dollars ($) |
Percent share in total import | Value of imports in Q3 2018, US dollars ($) |
Percent change in Q3 2019 over Q3 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruits; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder | 20,782 | 4.31 | 27,658 | -24.86 |
| 13 | Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts | 41,045 | 8.51 | 24,068 | 70.54 |
| 84 | Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof | 415,941 | 86.28 | 0 | ∞ |
| 85 | Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | 2,295 | 0.48 | 0 | ∞ |
| SS | Classified | 2,044 | 0.42 | 25 725 | -92.05 |